CVE-2005-4351

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4351
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe securelevels implementation in FreeBSD 7.0 and earlier, OpenBSD up to 3.8, DragonFly up to 1.2, and Linux up to 2.6.15 allows root users to bypass immutable settings for files by mounting another filesystem that masks the immutable files while the system is running.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Dragonfly Dragonfly All All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 7.0 current All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All stable All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2005-015.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redteam-pentesting.de Exploit, Vendor Advisory
[Full-disclosure] BSD Securelevels: Circumventing protection of files flagged immutable af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk Exploit, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Neohapsis Archives - OpenBSD - #1523 - Rationale for allowing mount_mfs in securelevel 2? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
RedTeam Pentesting GmbH - Page not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redteam-pentesting.de
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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